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954:
920:
886:
852:
792:
758:
724:
690:
656:
622:
588:
554:
520:
486:
452:
348:Al Ain
291:Dammam
279:Arabic
124:League
92:26,000
79:Ground
56:Flames
43:Arabic
1486:clubs
107:Coach
97:Owner
1431:2022
1406:2022
1381:2022
823:Pos.
423:Pos.
140:SWPL
71:2006
64:2006
1307:on
1298:on
1229:KSA
1195:KSA
1161:KSA
1127:NCA
1107:25
1093:KSA
1073:88
1059:KSA
1039:73
1025:PAK
1005:66
991:KSA
971:24
957:KSA
937:23
923:KSA
903:18
889:KSA
869:17
855:NGA
835:16
818:No.
795:COL
775:15
761:KSA
741:12
727:KSA
707:11
693:KSA
659:KSA
625:KSA
591:KSA
557:KSA
523:KSA
489:MEX
455:KSA
418:No.
1617::
1422:.
1397:.
1371:.
1352:^
1336:.
1214:DF
1209:–
1180:GK
1175:–
1146:GK
1141:–
1112:DF
1078:MF
1044:FW
1010:DF
976:DF
942:FW
908:MF
874:FW
840:GK
780:DF
746:MF
712:FW
678:DF
673:8
644:FW
639:7
610:MF
605:6
576:MF
571:5
542:FW
537:4
508:MF
503:3
474:MF
469:2
440:GK
435:1
350:,
297:.
281::
45::
1464:e
1457:t
1450:v
1433:.
1408:.
1383:.
1346:.
1264:2
1262:(
395:.
277:(
73:)
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